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The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

C.L. Herman

Start date: May 1, 2019

Finish date: May 31, 2019

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Dec 01, 2018 Maggie marked it as tbr-highly-interested

Shelves: books-i-want-to-catch-up-on, tbr-very-soon

FOR FANS OF THE RAVEN CYCLE AND STRANGER THINGS YOU SAY???? THIS IS HOW YOU HYPE ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

*all my hopes are depending on this book with a pitch like this do not dissapoint...*

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May 13, 2019 Vendea rated it really liked it

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Tohle bylo naprosto skvělé. Atmosférou mi to připomínalo How to hang a witch (kterou miluju). Dost temný creepy příběh o partě čtyř teenagerů, potomků zakladatelů města, ve kterém žijí. Ti kdysi zkrotili Bestii a uvěznili ji v Gray. Bestie se ale chce mstít, a tak zabíjí. A je jen na zakladatelských rodinách, aby město ochránily pomocí svých unikátních schopností. Plusem je rozhodně skoro nulová romantika (jako něco tam je, ale není to pro příběh důležité). Měla jsem trochu problém se spoustou b Tohle bylo naprosto skvělé. Atmosférou mi to připomínalo How to hang a witch (kterou miluju). Dost temný creepy příběh o partě čtyř teenagerů, potomků zakladatelů města, ve kterém žijí. Ti kdysi zkrotili Bestii a uvěznili ji v Gray. Bestie se ale chce mstít, a tak zabíjí. A je jen na zakladatelských rodinách, aby město ochránily pomocí svých unikátních schopností. Plusem je rozhodně skoro nulová romantika (jako něco tam je, ale není to pro příběh důležité). Měla jsem trochu problém se spoustou bi charakterů, jejichž orientace je dost často připomínaná. V příběhu, ve kterém romantika nehraje roli, to vidím jako zbytečnost. Postavy byly sympatické a dobře vykreslené, stejně jako jejich schopnosti. Většinu plot twistů jsem neodhadla, a i když bych druhý díl nepotřebovala, ráda si ho přečtu, protože parta z Devouring Gray je super. Doporučuji.

4/5*

English Review:
The Devouring Gray came like a wrecking ball. It was nowhere and then it was everywhere over Booktube. Since the first time I heard what's it about, I was enchanted. It sounded exactly like my cup of tea and I didn't hesitate to pick it up as soon as possible. And I am happy to say my sixth sense was not wrong. I was expecting it to have similar atmosphere as

How to Hang a Witch (How to Hang a Witch, #1) by Adriana Mather

and it did!

We get a creepy story about one small town which is surrouned by The Gray where the Beast lives and kills townfolk. There are four founding families of the town which tamed the Beast in the past and their descendants have a role of guardians - they have to fight the Beast and keep town safe. Sounds awesome, right? Author really knows how to create creepy amotsphere - I really enjoyed this aspect of the book. Also the lack of romance - book is plot heavy and eventhough there are some parts focused on relationships, it's not that important for the whole story. Many characters are bisexual though which surprised me. I am all for diversity in books but this aspect threw me off and I really think their sexuality didn't matter in the case of this book where it focused on the story, not sexuality. But it's just my personal opinion.

As for charactes, I think author did a great job with their development. I enjoyed most of the main characters, Violet and Harper to be exact. Didn't like Isaac at first but he grew on me. Still not fan of Justin and May - Justin is just eh (can't really explain) and May is too creepy (just like her mother). Villains are well portrayed and I was surprised at some of their actions ((view spoiler)). I think this book doesn't need a sequel but I will gladly read it anyways because there are still some questions which were not answered.

I'd gladly recommend reading this book. It has a great atmosphere, interesting plot and characters.

4/5* ...more

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